The first one always is.

I agree with you. The sova carrier is a useful ship to have in your fleet because of embargo, and missile batteries. But I rarely build the akkan. It is almost totally useless other than targeting uplink which only helps lrms and stuff. It is much better to build another martza than a Akkan.

You should build the Akkan for its colonization ability (it is superior to having a colony frig running around).  Other than that, capships aren't worth it.

You guys are underestimating the Akkan's Ion Bolt -- clearly, you have never lost a level 10 capship to a level 3 akkan + escorts (after a full fleet battle both sides fleets were weakened, and when I retreated the Kol way before it was near death, like 2.5K HP I think).

the way i look at it balance is key. if you have a fleet of capships, escorting frigates, and repair ships, they can take on a fleet of much larger numbers. and just the pure fact that there are mulitple gun bateries (i just know i spelled that wrong), are at the very least great for taking out mines and good for soaking up damage if need be

Yeah, it has a short duration.  And a very short cycle time and a relativly small amount of AM cost...

Here's another thread on it: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?aid=337682

Other than that, have you ever sent a fleet up against two (or 3!   )level 6 marzas and nothing else? heh! they get pwned by missle barrage in 10-15 secs! If you can use the abilities to their best potentail (e.g. advent holy trinity) you can turn any battle! You don't buy them for their DPS, you buy them for their sturdy hull and cool battle turning abilities, and since the first one's free (aside from the 50 supply) you got nothing to loose (exept 50 supply but a capship is worth that easilyl lol)

But if your asking about the sova and akkan specificly, not really exept for the akkan's covienient colonization and armstrise ability is a good escape tactic, makes me wish I had that earlier today, oh and aside from having 7 fighters/bombers (not untill lvl 10) sova is useless lol. 

is this really off topic?  I feel like this should be moved to be in some other place.

I love the sova carrier but think it should have at lest 2 times the figher/bomber carrier capacity. I use the Akkan a lot due to the targeting uplink and the ability to dissable the other ships (especially caps) temporarily allowing an advantage to pound the tar out of the targe with concentrated fire and no return fire.

Cap Ships apart from the free one, are really not that good compared to Carrier Spam unfortunately. 

You can't stop me! unless.. you spam your own Strike Craft... ! doh. 

I like the Sova embargo trick, pretty nice when getting beat up on two sides, once you get one down just drain the $$$ of each planet, boosting your cash flow to help defending on the other side